The Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Board of Dentistry, “Early Impacts of Dental Therapists in Minnesota,” (2014), http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/orhpc/workforce/dt/dtlegisrpt.pdf. The total number of new patients served by dental therapists at study clinics since the time the dental therapists were hired (first hired in August 2011) through the end of the survey period (July 2013) was 6,338. Each patient is counted once. The average hours worked by the dental therapist over the survey period ranged from 1 hour/week to 36 hours/week at multiple study sites, which equals approximately seven full-time equivalents (FTEs).

The Pew Charitable Trusts, analysis using data from the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners, 2016; United States Census Bureau, “QuickFacts: Apache County, Arizona,” as of September 25, 2017, https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/AZ.

Pew Charitable Trusts, analysis using data from the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners, 2016; United States Census Bureau, “QuickFacts: Apache County, Arizona,” as of September 25, 2017, https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/AZ.

The Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Board of Dentistry, “Early Impacts of Dental Therapists in Minnesota,” (2014), http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/orhpc/workforce/dt/dtlegisrpt.pdf. The total number of new patients served by dental therapists at study clinics since the time the dental therapists were hired (first hired in August 2011) through the end of the survey period (July 2013) was 6,338. Each patient is counted once. The average hours worked by the dental therapist over the survey period ranged from 1 hour/week to 36 hours/week at multiple study sites, which equals approximately seven full-time equivalents (FTEs).

The Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Board of Dentistry, “Early Impacts of Dental Therapists in Minnesota,” (2014), http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/orhpc/workforce/dt/dtlegisrpt.pdf. The total number of new patients served by dental therapists at study clinics since the time the dental therapists were hired (first hired in August 2011) through the end of the survey period (July 2013) was 6,338. Each patient is counted once. The average hours worked by the dental therapist over the survey period ranged from 1 hour/week to 36 hours/week at multiple study sites, which equals approximately seven full-time equivalents (FTEs).

This figure counts children ages 1 to 20 who were eligible for the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Benefit for 90 continuous days and received any dental service. See U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Annual EPSDT Participation Report, Form CMS-416 (State) Fiscal Year: 2016, as of September 7, 2017, https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/epsdt/index.html.